Researching Your Civil War AncestryDo you have a distant relative who fought in the Civil War? Would you like to find out if you do? This is the discussion for you!Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:51:38 +0000Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:51:38 +0000American Civil War Forumshttps://civilwartalk.com/forums/researching-your-civil-war-ancestry.38/
Corp.H.H. VinsonTue, 26 Sep 2017 16:37:35 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/corp-h-h-vinson.115289/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/corp-h-h-vinson.115289/invalid@example.com (rebelyell)rebelyell16Thomas VinsonMon, 25 Sep 2017 23:21:48 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/thomas-vinson.138818/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/thomas-vinson.138818/invalid@example.com (originalrebelyell)originalrebelyell2Confederate Guerrilla AncestorsMon, 25 Sep 2017 03:53:28 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/confederate-guerrilla-ancestors.84369/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/confederate-guerrilla-ancestors.84369/invalid@example.com (rbortega)rbortegaConfederate Guerrilla Ancestors]]>32Fake Civil War heroes in your family tree?Sun, 24 Sep 2017 01:34:46 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/fake-civil-war-heroes-in-your-family-tree.138865/
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Here are two of her family stories that are probably not true. Charged during Picketts Charge but the man's regiment served in the Western Theater. Was killed at Gettysburg but had two more children after the Civil War.

How many of you have found iffy connections between your family "Civil War hero" and reality? Things to look for: Being in...

Fake Civil War heroes in your family tree?]]>18Slaveholders in your family?Fri, 22 Sep 2017 19:46:06 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/slaveholders-in-your-family.6263/
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If you know of Your slaveholder ancestors, what do you know and what do you think about it?

If you are unsure, as I am, do you want to find out about it? I'd like to know about it.

I wonder what you all think, as my only relative involved in the CW as far as I know, was a Tennessee Unionist, but was he a slaveholder? I can't tell by the only info I have:

Here it is:

"The situation in West Tennessee was similar, if marginally less severe. The...

Thank you kindly.]]>18How did Grandpa get home?Sat, 16 Sep 2017 03:51:25 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/how-did-grandpa-get-home.138625/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/how-did-grandpa-get-home.138625/invalid@example.com (KeithA)KeithA
Jacob Weitzell 1820 -1907. Our family lore is that when he learned of the regiment being formed he hung up his blacksmiths apron and enlisted immediately.
He took a train to the mustering grounds and boarded a boat with his unit to go down the Mississippi River headed south.
He was enlisted into Co B; 11th Iowa Infantry Regiment; Crocker's Greyhound Brigade; Union Army of the Tennessee : Mustered in October 1, 1861 @Davenport, IA...

How did Grandpa get home?]]>18How far back can you trace your Ancestry?Sat, 16 Sep 2017 00:46:00 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/how-far-back-can-you-trace-your-ancestry.131245/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/how-far-back-can-you-trace-your-ancestry.131245/invalid@example.com (Rio Bravo)Rio BravoView attachment 122890]]>93Trying to find out if my relative fought at Gettysburg after being wounded at Chancellorsville ?Sat, 16 Sep 2017 00:24:01 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/trying-to-find-out-if-my-relative-fought-at-gettysburg-after-being-wounded-at-chancellorsville.136630/
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Two months later the 154th New York saw action at the Brickyard Gettysburg on the first day and I wonder if James had recovered and was there?
On the roster just says this and found elsewhere the detail "in foot"

S T R A I N ,...

Trying to find out if my relative fought at Gettysburg after being wounded at Chancellorsville ?]]>6Gettysburg confirmation!!!Sat, 16 Sep 2017 00:18:17 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/gettysburg-confirmation.138424/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/gettysburg-confirmation.138424/invalid@example.com (daver11399)daver11399Gettysburg confirmation!!!]]>40Possible Confederate AncestorFri, 15 Sep 2017 03:01:16 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/possible-confederate-ancestor.138419/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/possible-confederate-ancestor.138419/invalid@example.com (shanman_77)shanman_776A Canadian Civil War ancestorFri, 15 Sep 2017 01:32:42 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/a-canadian-civil-war-ancestor.137205/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/a-canadian-civil-war-ancestor.137205/invalid@example.com (TomL)TomL
Robert McNish was born in 1838 and raised in Cavan township, in what was then Durham County, Upper Canada/Canada West/Ontario. (NW across Lake Ontario from Rochester NY)

According to family legend
-He joined up for the enlistment bonus or was paid to take someone's place in the draft. Years later he used that money to buy a farm for himself
-He was present at a battle where he was working on...

Constant Dodson (1st cousin 3 x removed, Father's side) was an interesting and controversial figure in the history of Antebellum Texas. He descended from a very old family from Virginia; his father Joel Dodson (1779-) had moved to...

The Dodsons OF Texas]]>12Great X 3 grand uncle and questionMon, 04 Sep 2017 17:26:15 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/great-x-3-grand-uncle-and-question.138217/
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Leven Stokes Caffey, with his wife​
One of my great X 3 grandfathers, Leven Stokes Caffey, served in the 73rd Enrolled Missouri Militia. His brother, Francis Marion Caffey served in the same company, and was killed in action. Here is what I have found.

This is quote from the book "Laclede County, Missouri Civil War Veterans" compiled and typed by Charlene Hopkins Published by Laclede County Historical Society 1994
"CAFFEY, FRANCIS M. - Pvt. Co....

Great X 3 grand uncle and question]]>11The Black-Bearded CossackFri, 01 Sep 2017 12:33:24 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-black-bearded-cossack.138188/
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Now for my questions. Does anyone know why he earned the nickname The Black-Bearded Cossack? I was also wonder why a Cossack? I am...

GRAVE MATTERS -- For Civil War researchers, there's plenty to like online. Among my go-to online sources for information is Find A Grave, a contributor-based web site that documents, often with photographs, the final resting places of thousands associated with the Civil War. Here's the man who helps make that site go:]]>22A Yankee Train Robber!Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:45:19 +0000https://civilwartalk.com/threads/a-yankee-train-robber.137459/
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/a-yankee-train-robber.137459/invalid@example.com (Nathanb1)Nathanb1
Two train robbers in the family! Worse yet, another Yankee!